STUDY IN CANADA Work Of N.Z. Man

Press, Volume C, Issue 29588, 10 August 1961, Page 18

STUDY IN CANADA Work Of N.Z. Man

Among » » engaged in advanced - in soil science, plant toba faculty of agricuitw* a New Zealander, Mr J, reMcEwan, * He has been at We verity since 19» new technique* la wheat breeding towards aPh D. 4 Before leaving New Zealand he was with the cereal section of the Crop Rcrearoh . Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lincoln. Studying along with _ Mr McEwan are students from Israel, England. Northern Rhodesia. Jamaica. United Arab Republic. Trinidad. India. Alaska, Formosa and Hong Kong, as weK as Canadians. A story about this International group of students was carried recently in the weekly magaxlne section of the Manitoba "Free Press" • Mr McEwan, and his wife who works in a children • library there, are featured In the article. The "Free Press” saya Mr McEwan wants to use his • energy and trained talents in ' New Zeeland. • Cytogenetics of wheat is his official study at the University of Manitoba and It ft in this branch of plant . science that he is earning his Ph.D. He graduated in botany from the University of New Zealand, gained his master's degree in 1»54 and then worked for the Government as a wheat breeder. The “Free Press” quotes him as saying: "I wanted to work with crop plants. New Zealand produces only half the wheat to meet our requirements. The rest is imported from Australia."

Mr McEwan is assisted by a grant from the National Research Council of Canada in his study of new wheat breeding techniques. It is expected that Mr McEwan will return to New Zealand in November.